Institute of Philosophy and Art History

Organisational unit: Institute

Organisation profile

The institute consists of two departments: philosophy and art history.

Main research areas

Since the winter semester 2016/17, the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences has established a DFG Research Training Group, "Cultures of Critique. Forms, Media, Effects", in which the IPK is significantly involved (speaker: Prof. Dr. Beate Söntgen).

The Institute is also represented at the Leuphana Institute of Advanced Studies for Culture and Society (co-director: Prof. Dr. Susanne Leeb) and is significantly involved in the Center for Critical Studies (speaker: Dr. Ben Trott).

With the Lichtenberg Professorship (Prof. Dr. Lynn Rother), funded by the Volkswagen Foundation, Leuphana University has the first permanent full professorship dedicated entirely to questions of provenance research, looted art, and restitution.

The Kunstraum, which is connected to the Institute of Philosophy and Art History, offers a close practical connection to contemporary art and its actors.

  1. 2024
  2. Published

    Reappraisal and conclusion

    Rainsborough, M., 30.12.2024, Beyond Decolonial African Philosophy: Africanity, Afrotopia, and Transcolonial Perspectives. Agbakoba, J. C. A. & Rainsborough, M. (eds.). Taylor and Francis Inc., p. 271-292 22 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  3. 2025
  4. Accepted/In press

    Baking Critical Understanding: Crafting Impactful Social Science Research in the Anthropocene

    Romero Ferrón, B. & Espejo, M. P., 2025, (Accepted/In press) Critical Digital Humanities Cookbook. Association of College and Research Libraries

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapterpeer-review

  5. Submitted

    Depicting Women in Brazilian Social Realism: A Transnational and Computational Analysis

    Romero Ferrón, B. & Medina Fortes, L., 2025, (Submitted) In: Journal of Cultural Analytics.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    Description of Les Immatériaux

    Broeckmann, A. & Wunderlich, A., 2025.

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  7. Published

    Die Exponate in der Ausstellung Les Immatériaux

    Broeckmann, A., 2025, Eigensinnige Objekte: Virtuelle Möglichkeitsräume zwischen Aufforderung und Entzug.. Breil, P. & Kronberger, A. (eds.). Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, p. 289-308 (Virtuelle Lebenswelten; vol. 5).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    Enjeux de la question anthropologique: Foucault en dialogue avec Kant, Nietzsche et Heidegger

    Nigro, R., 2025, In: Archives de Philosophie. 88, 1, p. 27-44 18 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    Impuls – Wandel kritisch-konstruktiv gestalten lernen: Das neue Modul „Transformation“ im Leuphana Semester

    Picht-Wiggering, L., Bürgener, L., Fischer, D. & Nigro, R., 2025, Interdisziplinäre Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung (I-BNE): Beiträge zur zweiten Fachkonferenz 2024 an der Technischen Hochschule Nürnberg Georg Simon Ohm. Humburg, D., Dernbach, B. & Klages, M. (eds.). p. 5-14 10 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsEducation

  10. In preparation

    Kritische Philosophiegeschichte

    Hahn, T. (Editor), Nigro, R. (Editor) & Szasz, C. (Editor), 2025, (In preparation) Diaphanes Verlag. (Critical Stances)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  11. Published

    La rivoluzione inquieta. Nicola Massimo de Feo vent'anni dopo

    Nigro, R. (Editor) & Spagnuolo, M. (Editor), 2025, ManifestoLibri. (Critica e Società)

    Research output: Books and anthologiesCollected editions and anthologiesResearch

  12. Published

    The Making of Les Immatériaux

    Broeckmann, A., 2025, Lüneburg: meson press. 352 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesBook